Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
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Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, commonly called "Haystack," is a craft
school located on the coast of Deer Isle, Maine
.
Haystack was founded in 1950. It took its name from its original location near Haystack Mountain, in Montville, Maine
. In 1961 it moved to its current campus.
Haystack offers summer workshops of one to three weeks in blacksmithing, clay, fibers, glass, graphics, metals, and wood. The school has no permanent faculty; the workshops are taught by visiting professors and artists from around the United States. Haystack does not award academic degrees.
The campus, designed by architect Edward Larrabee Barnes
in 1969, won the "Twenty-five Year Award
" from the American Institute of Architects in 1994. The award is given to a structure (or in this case, several structures) whose construction and original intent have withstood the test of time.
Craft
A craft is a branch of a profession that requires some particular kind of skilled work. In historical sense, particularly as pertinent to the Medieval history and earlier, the term is usually applied towards people occupied in small-scale production of goods.-Development from the past until...
school located on the coast of Deer Isle, Maine
Deer Isle, Maine
Deer Isle is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,876 at the 2000 census. Notable landmarks in Deer Isle are the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and the town's many art galleries.-History:...
.
Haystack was founded in 1950. It took its name from its original location near Haystack Mountain, in Montville, Maine
Montville, Maine
Montville is a town in Waldo County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,002 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water....
. In 1961 it moved to its current campus.
Haystack offers summer workshops of one to three weeks in blacksmithing, clay, fibers, glass, graphics, metals, and wood. The school has no permanent faculty; the workshops are taught by visiting professors and artists from around the United States. Haystack does not award academic degrees.
The campus, designed by architect Edward Larrabee Barnes
Edward Larrabee Barnes
Edward Larrabee Barnes was a American architect.Barnes was born in Chicago, Illinois into a family he described as "incense-swinging High Episcopalians", consisting of Cecil Barnes, a lawyer, and Margaret Helen Ayer, recipient of a Pulitzer Prize for the novel Year of Grace...
in 1969, won the "Twenty-five Year Award
Twenty-five Year Award
The Twenty-five Year Award is an architecture prize awarded by the American Institute of Architects to buildings and structures that have "stood the test of time for 25 to 35 years", and that "[exemplify] design of enduring significance." The project receiving the award can be located anywhere in...
" from the American Institute of Architects in 1994. The award is given to a structure (or in this case, several structures) whose construction and original intent have withstood the test of time.